2020 coronavirus pandemic in Argentina

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2020 coronavirus pandemic in Argentina
COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Argentina.svg
Provinces with confirmed cases (as of 16 March)
  Confirmed cases reported
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationArgentina
First caseBuenos Aires
Arrival date3 March 2020
(2 weeks and 1 day)
OriginLombardy, Italy
Confirmed cases79[a]
Recovered12
Deaths
2
Official website
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/salud/coronavirus-COVID-19

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Argentina on 3 March 2020, with seventy-nine people being infected.[1][2][3][4]

The first death directly linked to the virus occurred in Buenos Aires on 7 March 2020; the case was only confirmed as positive after the patient's demise.[5]

Timeline[edit]

COVID-19 cases in Argentina  (
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     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases
Date
# of cases
2020-03-03
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 1
2020-03-04
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 1(+0%)
2020-03-05
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 2(+100%)
2020-03-06
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 8(+300%)
2020-03-07
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 9(+13%)
2020-03-08
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 12(+33%)
2020-03-09
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 17(+42%)
2020-03-10
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 19(+12%)
2020-03-11
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 21(+11%)
2020-03-12
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 31(+48%)
2020-03-13
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 34(+10%)
2020-03-14
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 45(+32%)
2020-03-15
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 56(+24%)
2020-03-16
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 65(+16%)
2020-03-17
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 79(+22%)
Sources: [6]


3 March: A first case of the COVID-19 has been confirmed in Buenos Aires. The patient is a 43-year-old man who arrived on Sunday, March 1 from Milan, Italy.[1]

5 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed a second case in a 23-year-old man living in Buenos Aires, who had recently returned from Northern Italy.[7]

6 March: An Italian tourist, a 25-year-old local man who arrived from Madrid, a 60-year-old woman who had arrived from Italy and a Japanese citizen are confirmed to have the virus, bringing the total cases to 8.[8]

7 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first death from coronavirus, a 64-year-old man who had travelled to Paris who also had other health conditions.[9] This marks the first death in Latin America.[9] The person was not among the eight already diagnosed with the disease and was diagnosed post-mortem.[10]

8 March: A 53-year-old local woman who arrived from Europe, a 71-year-old Italian citizen who arrived from Parma, and another person who had recently returned from the United States are confirmed to have the virus, bringing the total cases to 12.[11]

9 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed five new cases, in Buenos Aires, San Luis, Chaco (2) and Río Negro, bringing the total to 17.[12]

10 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases, in La Matanza and Buenos Aires, a 42-year-old man who returned from Spain and a 23-year-old man who arrived from France, respectively, bringing the total cases to 19.[13]

11 March: Two new cases were confirmed, a 54-year-old man from Buenos Aires who returned from Germany and a 48-year-old woman from Buenos Aires Province who recently returned from Spain, bringing the total cases to 21.[14][15]

12 March: Ten new cases were confirmed (three are from local transmission) in Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Chaco and Córdoba, bringing the total cases to 31.[16] In Chaco, the first native transmission is confirmed.[17]

The first patient with the virus in the country was discharged and left the hospital in Buenos Aires the next day.[18][19]

13 March: The second death in the country linked to the virus has been confirmed on this day, a 61-year-old man from Chaco who had travelled to Egypt, Turkey and Germany, and also had other underlying health conditions.[20] Later that same day three new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 34.[21]

14 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed eleven new cases in Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Chaco and Santa Fe, bringing the total to 45.[22]

15 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed eleven new cases: 6 in Buenos Aires, 2 in Chaco, 2 in Tierra del Fuego (first cases) and one in Buenos Aires Province.[23] One of the cases in Chaco, the first announced this day, was of a 64-year-old woman who contracted the virus through casual contact.[24]

16 March: Nine new cases were confirmed by the national Ministry of Health in the City of Buenos Aires (5) and the provinces of Chaco (3) and Buenos Aires (1), bringing the total to 65.[25] Soon after in the night, the Governor of Chaco confirmed the provincial number of four more cases instead of three, bringing the total to 66.[26] Tierra del Fuego was put on lockdown later that day, becoming the first province to do so.[27]

17 March: The Ministry of Health confirmed fourteen new cases in the City of Buenos Aires (4), Buenos Aires Province (2), Córdoba (2), Chaco (1), Jujuy (1), Río Negro (1), Salta (1), Entre Ríos (1) and Santa Cruz (1), bringing the total to 79.[28]

Statistics[edit]

Confirmed infections (cumulative) by province, according to data from various sources[b]
since 3 March 2020
Province March
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12[c] 13[c] 14[c] 15[c] 16[c]
 City of Buenos Aires 1 1 2 6 7 9 10 11 12 15[29] 17[30] 26[31] 32[32] 37[32]
 Buenos Aires Province — — — 1[33] 1 2 2 3 4[34] 8[35] 9[36] 11[22] 12[37] 13[38]
 Chaco — — — — — — 2[39] 2 2 4[40] 4[41] 5[42] 7[43] 11[26]
 Córdoba — — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 3[44] 3[45] 3[46] 3[47] 3[48]
 Río Negro — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 1[49] 1 1 1[50]
 San Luis — — — — — — 1[51] 1 1 1 1[52] 1 1[53] 1[54]
 Santa Fe — — — — — — — — — — — 1[55] 1 1[56]
 Tierra del Fuego — — — — — — — — — — — — 2[57] 2[58]
Cumulative cases[a] 1 1 2 8 9 12 17 19 21 31 34 45 56 65
New cases[a] 1 — 1 6 1 3 5 2 2 10 3 11 11 9
Notes
  1. ^ a b c According to the numbers provided by the national Ministry of Health.
  2. ^ The national Ministry of Health didn't give precise official reports on the location of each one of the infected.
  3. ^ a b c d e For these days, contrasted data between the numbers reported by the provincial ministries and the total number provided by the national Ministry of Health show differences. This is probably due to the fact that the ministries are giving their reports at different times throughout the day.
Provinces Deaths Recoveries
 City of Buenos Aires 1 11[32]
 Buenos Aires Province 0 0
 Chaco 1 0
 Córdoba 0 1[59]
 Río Negro 0 0
 San Luis 0 0
 Santa Fe 0 0
 Tierra del Fuego 0 0
Total 2 12

References[edit]

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